A leading exponent of Italian Rationalism, the architect Giuseppe Pagano (1896 – 1945) favored principles such as technique and functionality in his work. He contributed to the birth of industrial design in Italy with the planning and staging of the International Exhibition of Mass Production at the VII Triennale of Milan in 1940. On several occasions he collaborated with the architect Gino Levi Montalcini (1902 – 1974), who shared his same practice of project.